After my grandfather died, my two uncles got into a screaming match over who gave my grandmother a certain Hummel, and therefore who got to keep it. My mother got dragged into it, corroborated one uncle – as it turns out, the calmer of the two – and the other one freaked out and stormed out of the house.
My one cousin is still pissed at my mother for giving another cousin the snowblower.
As you said, this kind of stuff goes with the territory. I’m just glad you guys are able to talk about it, too.
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